Three Portland Trail Blazers players cracked the list of the Ringer’s Top 100 NBA players : Deni Avdija, Anfernee Simons and Toumani Camara.

Updated on June 4, the list served as proof that Avdija’s ascension this past season didn’t fall on deaf ears outside of Portland. The fast and physical forward ranked No. 61, far and away the highest Trail Blazer on the list. Maybe most impressive, Avdija didn’t even appear on the list back in January.

Handling the analysis, The Ringer’s Justin Verrier highlighted the force that the 24-year-old forward attacks with.

Avdija has indeed enhanced the overall feel of Portland’s work-in-progress offense, but it’s the force he plays with that lands him on this list. Avdija doesn’t drive the ball so much as he battering-rams it, like Brandon Jacobs at t

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